Florida Lead Smelter Exposes Hundreds of Workers to Dangerous Neurotoxin
"Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 03/26/2021
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In Conservation Success Story, Bald Eagle Numbers Have Soared
"The number of bald eagles — a species that once came dangerously close to extinction in the United States — has more than quadrupled over the last dozen years despite massive declines in overall bird populations, government scientists announced Tuesday."
Source: LA Times, 03/25/2021
"'Buyer Beware': Ads Hide PFAS Cookware Risks"
"Consumers trying to avoid toxic chemicals in their nonstick cookware face convoluted advertising claims that can confuse even the most well-informed buyers."
Source: E&E News, 03/25/2021
Did Chemical Company Misrepresent Data To Avoid Making A Safer Product?
"A former Syngenta scientist alleges lives could have been saved with tweaks to the formulation of weedkiller paraquat".
Source: Guardian, 03/25/2021
Senate Dems Plan To Use Review Act To Reinstate Obama Methane Rule
"Senate Democrats plan to deploy an obscure but powerful legislative weapon in the coming weeks to try to quickly reinstate a major Obama-era climate change rule that the Trump administration had effectively eliminated."
Source: NYTimes, 03/25/2021
Trump’s Parting Gift to St. Croix: One of America’s Largest Refineries
"Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA bent rules to speed its restart. Now, they want President Biden to address what they call a textbook case of environmental injustice."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/23/2021
"EPA Deal With Alabama Polluter Undercuts Biden Equity Pledge"
"When a special team of EPA inspectors first showed up at an industrial plant belching carcinogens on the worn outskirts of Birmingham, Ala., in 2011, their findings of flagrant regulatory violations were later deemed serious enough to warrant a referral to the Justice Department."
Source: E&E News, 03/23/2021
"Tracking the Invisible Killer"
"Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen"
Source: The Intercept, 03/22/2021
Congress Launches Probe Into Multibillion-Dollar 'Clean Coal' Tax Credit
"The U.S. Congress is investigating a multibillion-dollar subsidy for chemically treated coal that is meant to reduce smokestack pollution, after evidence emerged that power plants using the fuel produced more smog not less."
Source: Reuters, 03/16/2021
"A 'Poster Child' For Policy Failure: Will EPA Ban Asbestos?"
"When former President Obama signed a new version of the nation's leading toxics law in 2016, he singled out one chemical. 'Our country hasn't even been able to uphold a ban on asbestos,' Obama noted."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2021
